diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/descriptors/LazyJavaScope.kt b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/descriptors/LazyJavaScope.kt
index 73e7478daf6..9004728d838 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/descriptors/LazyJavaScope.kt
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/descriptors/LazyJavaScope.kt
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ abstract class LazyJavaScope(protected val c: LazyJavaResolverContext) : MemberS
             valueParameters: List<ValueParameterDescriptor>
     ): MethodSignatureData
 
-    fun resolveMethodToFunctionDescriptor(method: JavaMethod): JavaMethodDescriptor {
+    protected fun resolveMethodToFunctionDescriptor(method: JavaMethod): JavaMethodDescriptor {
         val annotations = c.resolveAnnotations(method)
         val functionDescriptorImpl = JavaMethodDescriptor.createJavaMethod(
                 ownerDescriptor, annotations, method.name, c.components.sourceElementFactory.source(method)